NZ Historic Weather Events Catalogue
June 2000 Upper North Island Storm
(
2000-06-28
)
A storm brougth heavy rain, flooding, high winds and high seas to the upper North Island. Properties were flooded, and four homes were evacauted at Awanui, Northland.
North Island
Multi Hazard
at
North Island
Duration: 2 days - From the 28th to the 29th of June.
Heavy Rain Warnings were issued for Coromandel Peninsula and north of Orewa on the night of the 28th.
A low moved from the north Tasman Sea to the area west of Northland. A strengthening north-east flow lay over the northern North Island, with the front moving slowly southwards onto Northland. A small low moved south-westwards along the front, with CVA and upper divergence activating the front.
Tearing winds and thick belts of rain swept through the northern half of the North Island on the 28th.
The weather contributed to vehicle accidents.
Northland
High Wind / Gust
at
Northland
Power outages occurred due to high winds.
Flooding
Several country roads were closed because of surface flooding.
Three schools were shut outside of Awanui.
Flooding
at
Ahipara
A bridge on the Ahipara foreshore partially collapsed.
Multi Hazard
at
Awanui
Awanui was the worst hit by the storm.
Heavy Rain
Awanui recorded 205 mm (20.5 cm) of rain in 24 hours on the 28th (Return Period 150 years).
Awanui recorded 128 mm (12.8 cm) of rain in the nine hours to 9am on the 28th.
Awanui residents recorded 215 mm (21.5 cm) of rain in 24 hours.
Flooding
Four homes were evacuated at Awanui by authorities on the 28th.
Roads were closed and bridges were washed out.
Schools were closed at Awanui.
A fire truck spent hours pumping water off one low-lying property in Awanui.
One home was sodden by flood water and sewage on the morning of the 28th.
The house had 25 cm of flood water through it.
The floods peaked with the 6pm high tide on 28th. But two hours later the river "seemed to spill over the stopbanks".
The Awanui River peaked at 6.7 m, about 5.5 m above normal.
Flooding
at
Kaitaia
There was widespread floodingat Kaitaia on the 28th.
Flooding
at
Peria
Peria school was closed due to flooding.
Flooding
at
Taipa
Taipa school was closed due to flooding.
Auckland
Heavy Rain
at
Auckland
The North Shore recorded 50 mm (5.0 cm) of rain in the hour from 2am to 3am on the 28th.
The North Shore recorded 90 mm (9.0 cm) of rain up to the morning of the 29th.
Flooding
One couple had their BMW, Porsche and MG replica written off by flood damage on the 29th. The cars were worth more than $100,000 ($130,000 2008 dollars).
The Fire Service received over 300 domestic flooding calls.
North Shore City Council received 3,400 calls about flooding problems.
Sections of every Auckland motorway had to be closed after surface flooding.
Problems with the North Shore sewerage system overloading were the worst since July 1998. For up to 12 hours after the storm, raw sewage oozed from popped manholes and 1/3 of the 86 coastal and suburban pumping stations that feed the wastewater treatment plant in Albany.
So many sewage pumping stations overflowed that the council closed 12 beaches from Stanley Point in the south to Long Bay in the north.
East Coast bays fire crews took 20 calls for help from 2:50am on the 29th.
Civil defence volunteers and engineers turned out from 4am to inspect 150 house floods on the North Shore.
A rest home was evacuated on the North Shore.
Multi Hazard
Flooding and slips damaged roads.
Flooding and slips damaged properties.
High Wind / Gust
Gales gusted up to 100km/hr in exposed areas of Auckland on the 28th.
Maritime / Coastal
Fullers Ferry cancelled its early morning service from Whangaparaoa to Auckland due to high seas. About 60 passengers had to travel by bus instead.
High Wind / Gust
at
Auckland City
About 350 central city Vector customers lost their power supplies for about two hours on the afternoon of the 28th.
Heavy Rain
at
Birkenhead
Birkenhead recorded 110 mm (11.0 cm) of rain in the 24 hours to 9am on the 29th (Return Period 8 years).
Flooding
Freemans Bay and Birkenhead were the worst hit by flooding.
Heavy Rain
at
Freemans Bay
Freemans Bay recorded 105 mm (10.5 cm) of rain overnight on the 28th/29th.
Flooding
Freemans Bay and Birkenhead were the worst hit by flooding.
Flooding
at
Grey Lynn
At a Grey Lynn house, a 3 m torrent of water forced open a metal garage door, smashing car windows and shelves. A resident was trapped upstairs for hours before being rescued at 4am on the 29th.
A flash flood raced through Grey Lynn, drenching ten houses near Grey Lynn Park and bending a 5.5-cm-thick iron fence.
Heavy Rain
at
Hillsborough
Phones in Hillsborough went off overnight on the 28th/29th after heavy rain.
Heavy Rain
at
Orewa
Orewa recorded 88 mm (8.8 cm) of rain on the 29th.
Waikato
Multi Hazard
at
Waikato
The storm lashed parts of the Waikato on the mornings of the 28th and 29th.
Bay of Plenty
Maritime / Coastal
at
Tauranga
High seas and swells at the harbour entrance forced shipping to remain in the Port of Tauranga for much of the 29th.
There were swells of up to 7 m.
References
- www.metservice, notable weather events.govt.nz.
- Headline: La Nina a little horror on way to bed.
- www.nzherald.co.nz, 29 June 2000.
- Headline: Home invasion fear a torrent of water.
- www.nzherald.co.nz, 30 June 2000.
- Headline: Up to our ears in rain.
- www.nzherald.co.nz, 3 July 2000.
- Headline: Recent rain highlights fragile wastewater system.
- www.nzherald.co.nz, 8 July 2000.
- New Zealand Meteorological Service. (2008). Meteorology of Extreme Rainfalls in New Zealand (Mark Pascoe, Ed.).
- Headline: Flood warnings issued
- The Northern Advocate, 29 June 2000.
June 2000 Upper North Island Storm
(
2000-06-28
)
A storm brougth heavy rain, flooding, high winds and high seas to the upper North Island. Properties were flooded, and four homes were evacauted at Awanui, Northland.
North Island
Multi Hazard
at
North Island
Duration: 2 days - From the 28th to the 29th of June.
Heavy Rain Warnings were issued for Coromandel Peninsula and north of Orewa on the night of the 28th.
A low moved from the north Tasman Sea to the area west of Northland. A strengthening north-east flow lay over the northern North Island, with the front moving slowly southwards onto Northland. A small low moved south-westwards along the front, with CVA and upper divergence activating the front.
Tearing winds and thick belts of rain swept through the northern half of the North Island on the 28th.
The weather contributed to vehicle accidents.
Northland
High Wind / Gust
at
Northland
Power outages occurred due to high winds.
Flooding
Several country roads were closed because of surface flooding.
Three schools were shut outside of Awanui.
Flooding
at
Ahipara
A bridge on the Ahipara foreshore partially collapsed.
Multi Hazard
at
Awanui
Awanui was the worst hit by the storm.
Heavy Rain
Awanui recorded 205 mm (20.5 cm) of rain in 24 hours on the 28th (Return Period 150 years).
Awanui recorded 128 mm (12.8 cm) of rain in the nine hours to 9am on the 28th.
Awanui residents recorded 215 mm (21.5 cm) of rain in 24 hours.
Flooding
Four homes were evacuated at Awanui by authorities on the 28th.
Roads were closed and bridges were washed out.
Schools were closed at Awanui.
A fire truck spent hours pumping water off one low-lying property in Awanui.
One home was sodden by flood water and sewage on the morning of the 28th.
The house had 25 cm of flood water through it.
The floods peaked with the 6pm high tide on 28th. But two hours later the river "seemed to spill over the stopbanks".
The Awanui River peaked at 6.7 m, about 5.5 m above normal.
Flooding
at
Kaitaia
There was widespread floodingat Kaitaia on the 28th.
Flooding
at
Peria
Peria school was closed due to flooding.
Flooding
at
Taipa
Taipa school was closed due to flooding.
Auckland
Heavy Rain
at
Auckland
The North Shore recorded 50 mm (5.0 cm) of rain in the hour from 2am to 3am on the 28th.
The North Shore recorded 90 mm (9.0 cm) of rain up to the morning of the 29th.
Flooding
One couple had their BMW, Porsche and MG replica written off by flood damage on the 29th. The cars were worth more than $100,000 ($130,000 2008 dollars).
The Fire Service received over 300 domestic flooding calls.
North Shore City Council received 3,400 calls about flooding problems.
Sections of every Auckland motorway had to be closed after surface flooding.
Problems with the North Shore sewerage system overloading were the worst since July 1998. For up to 12 hours after the storm, raw sewage oozed from popped manholes and 1/3 of the 86 coastal and suburban pumping stations that feed the wastewater treatment plant in Albany.
So many sewage pumping stations overflowed that the council closed 12 beaches from Stanley Point in the south to Long Bay in the north.
East Coast bays fire crews took 20 calls for help from 2:50am on the 29th.
Civil defence volunteers and engineers turned out from 4am to inspect 150 house floods on the North Shore.
A rest home was evacuated on the North Shore.
Multi Hazard
Flooding and slips damaged roads.
Flooding and slips damaged properties.
High Wind / Gust
Gales gusted up to 100km/hr in exposed areas of Auckland on the 28th.
Maritime / Coastal
Fullers Ferry cancelled its early morning service from Whangaparaoa to Auckland due to high seas. About 60 passengers had to travel by bus instead.
High Wind / Gust
at
Auckland City
About 350 central city Vector customers lost their power supplies for about two hours on the afternoon of the 28th.
Heavy Rain
at
Birkenhead
Birkenhead recorded 110 mm (11.0 cm) of rain in the 24 hours to 9am on the 29th (Return Period 8 years).
Flooding
Freemans Bay and Birkenhead were the worst hit by flooding.
Heavy Rain
at
Freemans Bay
Freemans Bay recorded 105 mm (10.5 cm) of rain overnight on the 28th/29th.
Flooding
Freemans Bay and Birkenhead were the worst hit by flooding.
Flooding
at
Grey Lynn
At a Grey Lynn house, a 3 m torrent of water forced open a metal garage door, smashing car windows and shelves. A resident was trapped upstairs for hours before being rescued at 4am on the 29th.
A flash flood raced through Grey Lynn, drenching ten houses near Grey Lynn Park and bending a 5.5-cm-thick iron fence.
Heavy Rain
at
Hillsborough
Phones in Hillsborough went off overnight on the 28th/29th after heavy rain.
Heavy Rain
at
Orewa
Orewa recorded 88 mm (8.8 cm) of rain on the 29th.
Waikato
Multi Hazard
at
Waikato
The storm lashed parts of the Waikato on the mornings of the 28th and 29th.
Bay of Plenty
Maritime / Coastal
at
Tauranga
High seas and swells at the harbour entrance forced shipping to remain in the Port of Tauranga for much of the 29th.
There were swells of up to 7 m.
References
- www.metservice, notable weather events.govt.nz.
- Headline: La Nina a little horror on way to bed.
- www.nzherald.co.nz, 29 June 2000.
- Headline: Home invasion fear a torrent of water.
- www.nzherald.co.nz, 30 June 2000.
- Headline: Up to our ears in rain.
- www.nzherald.co.nz, 3 July 2000.
- Headline: Recent rain highlights fragile wastewater system.
- www.nzherald.co.nz, 8 July 2000.
- New Zealand Meteorological Service. (2008). Meteorology of Extreme Rainfalls in New Zealand (Mark Pascoe, Ed.).
- Headline: Flood warnings issued
- The Northern Advocate, 29 June 2000.